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Why is my battery not increasing in energy while plugged in to energy charger?

Why is my battery charging percentage not increasing while plugged in to energy source ?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.2

Posted on May 26, 2022 4:51 PM

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Posted on May 26, 2022 5:14 PM

Check that the power outlet works.

Make sure the charging adapter is plugged in.


You may need to reset the laptop's SMC.

Please see > If your Mac battery won’t charge - Apple Support


How old is the battery in the laptop?

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May 27, 2022 4:57 AM in response to Mightyzero

To add to the already supplied good advise >>


For additional reading on Battery and Apple Computers this link may help. About battery health management in Mac notebooks and especially for the M1 and Big Sur  & Monterey If battery charging is paused or on hold on your Mac


Depending on the Age of the computer, some aspects from the above links, may or may not apply to your computer.


A feature introduced into Big Sur & Monterey was to preserve the number of Full Battery Cycles - there was an Algorithm coded into the macOS. It is perfectly Normal for Big Sur , Monterey to Pause / Suspend charging the battery beyond 80% and hold it at that level. One can nudge / over-ride this by clicking the Battery Icon on Desktop Top Bar and allow charging beyond 80%. From observations, it will Pause / Suspend again once reading 90%. Same procedure to over-ride and will charge to 100%


And is user profile accurate MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.2


If yes, the current version of Monterey is 12.4 as of May 16, 2022


A Time Machine Backup would be suggested Before updating to 12.4

Why is my battery not increasing in energy while plugged in to energy charger?

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